I have not, but the hardware I have laying around should be plenty to run anything we want. I think the best cpu I have laying around is a 4770. So I assume openwrt is still out of the picture because I am aiming for gigabit speeds. I am aiming for as close to plug n play as possible. Since I had old hardware laying around I figured buying a nic or two would be better and cheaper than buying a good aio router that would cost up to $250 usd. I was thinking about pfsense but opnsense seems to be more updated and I have a buddy that uses opnsense.
I would love to save on electricity but I would rather have the best performance. I could also throw a modern psu in it that is 80+bronze. I think the pc I have is just a generic psu that is likely 300w or less.
Thanks. I have found a gigabit nic that uses I350(which is on the supported list), but would like to be a little more âfuture proofâ by getting 1.25 or 2.5 gbps. Especially since I will be paying for 1200mbps down.
If I used one of my better pcâs I have laying around like my i7 4770, I am curious if I could use it for a plex server and opnsense router at the same time. Maybe other uses as well?
Owner of XGS1210-12 here. I like it, but I am disappointed in its capabilities. Not that it lacks them, the OS underneath is likely more powerful, but Zyxel chose to restrict it to a web gui only, that is very limiting. It runs a SSH server, I can telnet port 22 and it replies with the ssh version, but the problem is that the switch uses different credentials for the web GUI. In fact, it only has a password for the web GUI, so the ssh server is locked. I did not manage to break into it (although I didnât really try, other than using some default credentials from the internet).
It is a good switch though, gets the job done. I only used the gigabit ports thus far, still looking for a 2x 2.5GbE card to go along with my router.
sweet thanks. i have the hardware to run it so no need for virtualization. too complex and past my knowledge. I would like to simplify whenever possible.
I used realtek in the past and they ended up being fine, but I would rather just get some intel stuff. Besides, my recent experience with a realtek 8825bu (which is supposed to work well on android) managed to be a disaster on FreeBSD and I had to install a driver from github to make it work on linux. Now, 81xx are a bit older and probably better supported, so if someone else sees this post, donât be discouraged to buy it.
